It is hot here
I am not a sweaty kind of person, but lately my bosom has been stewing in my own juices daily and I am getting used to that pleasant trickle down my back, all indicating that its darn hot around these south-east Asian lands.
Ewwww, the audience exclaims, all comfortable in their respectfully air-conditioned or warmed up abodes. Oh, the position of privilege. I miss it.
If you are not comfortable with sweat, do not come near here. Alternatively, go somewhere where there are none of us, tourists, which seem to be the ones most in need of replenishing lost moisture. I figure the locals are used to it or they have some swift working towels in their pockets, but they rarely look as worked up as us, even the guy working around the fire pit oven in the Indian restaurant (ok, he is probably not human).
So daily we are dreaming of a white Christmas, or white anything that will bring us closer to the freezing noses of winter with snow. Even though we are fully aware that then we will want to be here, because the chill of winter is only fun while you are throwing those snow balls or until you can still feel the tips of your fingers and toes.
You can now appreciate the great time we had with this industrial quality blower in one of the local food courts.
Hold on, it was not great time.
It was mega great time.
There is no relief in sight for the next few months. I am hoping that by then we may have become more used to it or just dried and shriveled thus incapable of expanding more liquid.
Until then, if you pass us by, yes!, we were just swimming in that water over there. Yes, with our clothes on. Seriously.
what a hoot!! swim away!
Sweet happy face (: Here’s my gross input: Memphis is frighteningly similar in the summer. Be careful of staying in sweaty clothes – make sure to at least rinse off at night – pigment eating fungus – especially on the back of your neck under your hair.
Oh, Liz, I am passing your comment to Mr.Blab, because he wins the race in…swimming.
Pigment eating fungus? Sounds sufficiently nasty. Cheers!
Hi! A) Just wanted to say I love reading your blog. Thanks for being so witty and entertaining and having such cute kids!
B)As a carless caucasian woman living in Singapore who is also frequently toting a 2 year old around on her back (and thus basically looks like a sweaty slob every day and in every situation) — I can tell you, it’s not always THIS HOT. It has been really terribly hot the past few weeks in these parts!! But really, if you stick around for a while longer (I can’t tell you how much longer, sorry), it really does actually get not-quite-so-terribly-hot, sometimes.
Anyway, you won’t get used to it…sorry
Ruth,
a) thank you
b) I dont like your “optimistic” prediction. I was holding onto some false hope of getting used to it and you crushed it all.
Welcome.
Goodness, I didn’t realise how negatively that last bit came off! Guess it is a reflection of my disappointment with my own inability to get used to the heat after 3 years! It is though, entirely possible, that you’re more adaptable than I am :)
Ruth, I was just saying it tongue-in-cheek ;) I understood what you meant and appreciated your humor.
I really didnt hold any hope to adjusting. We are not here long enough for that.
But you can be more kind on yourself. Singapore is heavily air-conditioned, so it will be hard to acclimatise to the heat there. Even after 20 years.